2007-09-26

Higher and Higher

Phrases and Some Examples:
  • more and more
    • Gasoline is getting more and more expensive. (ガソリンはますます高くなる.
    • More and more people are buying DVD players these days. (DVDプレイヤーを買う人が最近ますます増えている.)
  • faster and faster
    • Influenza is spreading faster and faster.(インフルエンザはますます素早く広まる。)
  • slower and slower (どんどん遅くなって)
  • richer and richer & poorer and poorer
    • The rich are getting richer and richer and the poor are getting poorer and poorer.(金持ちはますます裕福になり貧乏人はますます貧しくなる。)
  • cooler and cooler (だんだん冷たくなる)
  • colder and colder
    • Day by day it's getting colder (日を追ってだんだん寒くなってくる。)
  • hotter and hotter
    • It's getting hotter and hotter. (暑くなってきたなあ。)
  • tougher and tougher
    • steadily get tougher and tougher (次第により困難なものになる)
  • older and older
    • I am getting older and older. (私はどんどん年を取る。)
  • higher and higher
    • Every month, my phone bills seem to get higher and higher. (毎月、電話料金がどんどん高くなるみたいだ。)

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